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CVE-2021-3482 Details

Description

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946314 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00028.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQT5F5IINTDYDAFGVGQZ7PMMLG7I5ZZ/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2A5GMJEXQ5Q76JK6F6VKK5JYCLVFGKN/ CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4958 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
exiv2 exiv2
<= 0.27.3
0.27.4 rc1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.27.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
33
34

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3482
NVD Published Date:
Apr 8, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-3482 Details - Not Deferred